Jenny McCarthy under fire on Twitter

Jenny McCarthy is taking a beating on Twitter today in the wake of news that a 1998 study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield linking the MMR vaccine and autism was "an elaborate fraud," according to a three-part investigation in the British medical journal BMJ.

Jenny's Autism organization, Generation Rescue - devoted to researching the causes and treatments for autism, ADHD, and chronic illness, has posted a note on its site, saying this "media circus" over the findings is "much ado about nothing." It suggests looking at other science and research on vaccines and autism.

McCarthy's rep tells Lifeline Live she will not be available to comment; her views can be found on the Generation Rescue site.

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